Summer Olympics 2012

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Summer Olympic Games multi-sport event

The Summer Olympics 2012 was a major international multi-sport event held in London, featuring athletes from around the world competing in a wide range of disciplines.

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All labels observed (10)

Label	Occurrences
2012 Summer Olympics	81
London 2012 Olympic Games	9
London 2012	3
London 2012 Games	3
London 2012 Olympics	3
London 2012 Summer Olympics	2
Summer Olympics 2012 canonical	2
London 2012 Olympic Games triathlon swimming segment	1
London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games	1
London 2012 Summer Olympics opening ceremony	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T90496 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Summer Olympics 2012
Context triple: [London, hosted, Summer Olympics 2012]

A. Summer Olympics 2024
The Summer Olympics 2024 is the 33rd modern Olympic Games, an international multi-sport event held in Paris, France, featuring athletes from around the world competing at the highest level.
B. 2028 Summer Olympics
The 2028 Summer Olympics is the upcoming edition of the Olympic Games scheduled to take place in Los Angeles, featuring international multi-sport competitions under the auspices of the International Olympic Committee.
C. Diamond Jubilee 2012
Diamond Jubilee 2012 was the year-long celebration marking the 60th anniversary of Queen Elizabeth II’s accession to the throne, featuring major public events and festivities across the United Kingdom and the Commonwealth.
D. Summer Olympics 1924
The 1924 Summer Olympics were an international multi-sport event held in Paris, notable for expanding the modern Olympic movement and inspiring the story depicted in the film "Chariots of Fire."
E. Summer Olympics 1900
The Summer Olympics 1900 were the second modern Olympic Games, held in Paris as part of the Exposition Universelle and notable for their unusually long schedule and inclusion of several now-discontinued events.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Summer Olympics 2012
Target entity description: The Summer Olympics 2012 was a major international multi-sport event held in London, featuring athletes from around the world competing in a wide range of disciplines.

A. Summer Olympics 2024
The Summer Olympics 2024 is the 33rd modern Olympic Games, an international multi-sport event held in Paris, France, featuring athletes from around the world competing at the highest level.
B. 2028 Summer Olympics
The 2028 Summer Olympics is the upcoming edition of the Olympic Games scheduled to take place in Los Angeles, featuring international multi-sport competitions under the auspices of the International Olympic Committee.
C. Diamond Jubilee 2012
Diamond Jubilee 2012 was the year-long celebration marking the 60th anniversary of Queen Elizabeth II’s accession to the throne, featuring major public events and festivities across the United Kingdom and the Commonwealth.
D. Summer Olympics 1924
The 1924 Summer Olympics were an international multi-sport event held in Paris, notable for expanding the modern Olympic movement and inspiring the story depicted in the film "Chariots of Fire."
E. Summer Olympics 1900
The Summer Olympics 1900 were the second modern Olympic Games, held in Paris as part of the Exposition Universelle and notable for their unusually long schedule and inclusion of several now-discontinued events.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Summer Olympic Games ⓘ multi-sport event ⓘ
athletesVillage	Olympic Village (London) ⓘ
biddingCity	London, England ⓘ surface form: London Madrid ⓘ Moscow ⓘ New York City ⓘ Paris ⓘ
broadcastPartner	BBC ⓘ NBC ⓘ
closingCeremonyDate	2012-08-12 ⓘ
closingCeremonyVenue	London Olympic Stadium ⓘ surface form: Olympic Stadium (London)
closingDate	2012-08-12 ⓘ
continent	Europe ⓘ
country	United Kingdom ⓘ
currency	Pound sterling ⓘ
followedBy	2016 Summer Olympics ⓘ
hostCity	London, England ⓘ surface form: London
hostSelectionCity	Singapore ⓘ
hostSelectionDate	2005-07-06 ⓘ
introducedSport	women's boxing ⓘ
logoDesigner	Wolff Olins ⓘ
mainAquaticsVenue	London Aquatics Centre ⓘ
mainIndoorArena	The O2 Arena ⓘ
mainStadium	London Olympic Stadium ⓘ surface form: Olympic Stadium (London)
mascot	Wenlock ⓘ
motto	Inspire a generation ⓘ
numberOfAthletes	10568 ⓘ
numberOfEvents	302 ⓘ
numberOfParticipatingNations	204 ⓘ
numberOfSports	26 ⓘ
officialLanguage	English ⓘ French ⓘ host country language ⓘ
officialName	Games of the XXX Olympiad ⓘ
openingCeremonyDate	2012-07-27 ⓘ
openingCeremonyDirector	Danny Boyle ⓘ
openingCeremonyVenue	London Olympic Stadium ⓘ surface form: Olympic Stadium (London)
openingDate	2012-07-27 ⓘ
organizer	International Olympic Committee ⓘ
organizingCommittee	London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games ⓘ
precededBy	2008 Summer Olympics ⓘ
secondMedalCountry	China ⓘ
shortName	Summer Olympics 2012 self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: London 2012
thirdMedalCountry	Great Britain ⓘ
timePeriod	2012 ⓘ
topMedalCountry	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
torchRelayEndDate	2012-07-27 ⓘ
torchRelayEndLocation	London, England ⓘ surface form: London
torchRelayStartDate	2012-05-19 ⓘ
torchRelayStartLocation	Olympia, Greece ⓘ